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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
7. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
11. Set down according to a plan.
12. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
13. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
14. In bed.
15. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
16. A sudden short attack.
17. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
25. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
37. A card game for 2 players.
41. Wool of the alpaca.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. Fiddler crabs.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
50. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
51. South African term for `boss'.
52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. Bringing death.
6. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Baby bed with high sides.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
18. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
19. Covered with paving material.
21. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. A doctor's degree in religion.
38. Framework for holding objects.
39. An account describing incidents or events.
40. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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